Appropriate music for this dark and sad day here in Normandy. Implodes are from Chicago and they released Black Earth few months ago via kranky records, mixing post rock, shoegaze, ambiance and drone with success.
There is not much information about this american band. I learn that the band recorded Of the people/by the people/for the people from in 1969 and David Axelrod was supposed to be the producer. Unfortunately, he helped them on the first three tracks due to financial problems with Capitol, the record company, which obviously make this album a failed chef d'oeuvre. Because it's almost impossible to make no difference between these orchestrated songs from the rest of the album. Anyway, it is still a great psychedelic pop record.
Drag City has announced the release of a Sic Alps 7" in august. 4 new songs as short as usual for the band who will be touring in Europe at the end of the summer. Two extracts below: Breahead Can't you see